cmas al I $. 'I t z 1 '4,,p`; ~~i_ ~i, H:: : 44,,.,;',AZ , 5,:.•,, ..•••• :. ::. , , , r-, .7: • tif.).Z-V.41..0.1rz:.-41?:.',.0a:, Trriuns-, . , Tit IP lii nitn.ANDS rosr:to 11, 'will be ,iisneti at"TWO VOLLARS 'pet' annum; to be,...paid half yeariy . in Advance. a's .•, • /7 VIC /2 "./'/SFIM PINDS eki in Ai gh are fii three insettions•ONE, - 1.79,LLA1t, and' every' '4;ll3a . antent. I ODi "L'.iventy = fiyG Cents, lenge , ones lit ptainnytion'.. -,Lettett toTthe publishes on hnsir nessi',:MU:ST isr,,POST• L'ALD, .6therwhie they . silrnot be : attended ' - AGENTS; :Tie 'following persons , baye been appointed Agenti, tor The 'Clar,lfsle-fferald and f:xpnsitor to, whom,payinant tor aubserilition and advertise tneTi ts 'Can lie' made. TE - Thralt.t.sr-.—Esq, Shiremanstown, Climb. SCOTT CUrt,l3, E.Scl .YeTY fit P. lino Newburg, do. Tttos.-W. Sliipppnisburg, • Jon ti'ltto:.! , • do. J. lit ATEr.n, floguestown, do. R. Wi.r.sopi.. neehanicsburg, do. It.uNtiti t , Esq. Hopewell, „If): R, S•re:•croyv. Egu.-C..hurclitoWn; •• ',..d0. nrr yrs, New Cumberland, Troy Esq. Bloomfield, Perry county --A. Bi. A CIC;-Etfq,l3ATiiiisliurg,_ do. !or the CorlEsle' Herald and Expositor. BY D. A. smrrn. • . - - 9 the 5t.tri,...1"3, are sitinitig.aq . pretty and bright, And-th'elnild moon is shedding so clievfitra light; o. And the :04 , -I'd lovi:to . . . , l'tM . reMeMSer mama, when our sweet sister died; AO brother tyr J, wept - 4 lie': bed side ; 'You fold os r spirit to Heaven : wonld reptiir, - And sliilie iiki . 2.-itiuse p - rott we 'see MIMI O Ma, there is one, that. I fhiiik must-be Fprit S;;:emetil ho p!seitl, yet sths, when :1 stir: smileth ,;(1 sweelly, as if it might know, _Thc_hinne . . O .mother, diar mother! I'd loye to go there. with my sister, aS.Mtee I played. here, That pretty bright star seems to,-eall mc. away, . AM) tho' I.'llll not here stay! • The iiicaliil spiike,—wiliht•lLlein:4ini'd the eye lathe 'nattier, as still she gazed iiri in the liky:— Arotitul Child het: stvliite arms she Rath ihrown—' •-• • ou bast thy wish, lov'sl :Nit) ' i9d mllCr: uc' ventibn: . . . . The . COnvention was called to order _b_y Fraticis Parke, w,ho ltad been approiht y 4 ar7ittritYformal .l eel irg."_pyt'Vi9llSli : !le tiL. Mr. 301 m Thompson, jr. of Philadelphia, from the • c onimit tre - appointed to select °Riders for Or convention, made the fAlouing re, port, Oz.: ~ • • For Prfaident, , , , NER .MIDDLESWARTH, of Union. . . Trite Presidents, of AllegiCeOy, • 7J - Omrl3E - Aw, or-Lnitcaeoes, ,-1-113Gari3p.a.A.5_, of Northumberland, lonN . BALDWIN, of;_ii,.4.-ster, ANCIS PARKE, of Philadriphia, WiLLIAN IVICILVAIN, of Y( ?! .k, Joat..fie-fiTicitn Err 3 fEi .:"•,• 1 5'eeretar.:4*. - Infcl4ll Smyarr, - , C .7hompson•dones, fl ? iliant* ilddainf., • John Ewing. 0 n !in nirOn . he irolifitie - i-7.tire - fe.' — trend over . in, alphabetical order , when the . rot= yipwing,lDelekateis' . , ~,, dam JA? 1111 . NVolfrtd,hmes , Copßer s • . • ' e,Be Ntr ;11g b • W' Irwto Johp•Roup^Ezekial .ehipstrotig : - 7 vtd eech, 3as • pFor. • tier—Johnion';kniki _ , A;1.- • Barks-W illiam .a`tl Bins; Dai i 4 Grim, • ; ;..1,••••••:„ f t seks--J011n• ,E;4•#ndetlini,; , .Aaron • s:,.43cdfliscp r -A.lez.nnder,'l(ing, !7 , Liradfor4 — ,P.. c um b F rinn'el-.44qat 'Kenned ;, George PhillitY4'trio!te Chester T — A rt 119 r A nd'iews; 11414: , pin; Isaac J Conitrit. • ' • Coi s umbiris—John Conner: • eraufor'd—J W• Fd Dan 13enii;:, —James Irwin. .. _MCC:lute. .13eloware— , A; S nValicer,:kl4)Broptc"o! 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ME .a" ~~ y. 7.1.411 t I,,orEirs*.g.rakir-DErtitisio 1/4 W*- POtitife s( S .../ATERAVUitE; "link iiii7eS 4.110/6: .7i t iruio:oo,ofoT, 4•e. , . ME REG E 'Zook, ,J(inathan O'Nen, :George :Ford; rpr,Sintow:lVlTer,edith. Leiiikii:::lVal!ei• C . Liviitston; :Mercer Walter Oliver, :Thomas S ennnin &hank, John J Years9ll. m Sehall, Chri,otan : Snider; Abratisip Hantsicker, .Frecleiick B - J;r ,l'Orthumberilind;-.Vilin T:. Wilson, FT Mil/win/2 tork--- Peter Spy dc r, E. A'. Beesley, .• • CYty -- and County.:Joh.n : Francis Pai ke i :chas - ; Jesse Moore, John Thin`pso.n r , printer, -SamtieLahirk, John Part, Jacoh's Sink et, Nathan L ham,'.Frederiek Enaharti Michael -Day, Joseph -MelcalKjames. Buckman, John Hanna,' GeOrge . Hoffner',.Ddvid William Sim iison,. Sanidel.-Weyant. Pullez and maed n a rticia Perry—isaac Pike andlrayne-:-Willidm Brodhead. . •Scineiiiq - aiireteirtbria--MP Magellan, George Pile, Joshua F Cox. - - —L_Suarjuthitima—lesse. Lane. '' • NV 7k-u to. --:S am Leib. . Union, 707 in •iiiq - junir - zra - =- - iiih - rr-Val - - - . - ali4li; Re . rd; Thomas Patter: 7 soii, Ner ,_:Voiingo----LiT Reno. • tV4shingt6?i—Robert Moore, Samuel Livingston, T jr. John H' Ewing. • - .1-liesonorelancJohn Armstrong, 'Cy Painter, Willianct Graham.. - James-K.• Men ough, Benjatn:n Nltaser, ''An`drew ClaTitson, : )aines McConkey: • - • Mm John H.En in IVashkngton, tilen:moVed_that - the•tonvention:proceed to the nomination of candidates Tor - the dike -ofreoivernori-which . - - 4eing_agreed to: General Thoinas 5..-Gunningharn, - of Mercer; „norniriat'ed.l-eploliiner,' of Washington county. . - On motion, The notninaticins wereTheri clotted, and the:•colitrention proceeded to ballot viva twee,' `The Secretaries having _reported that they agreed in their tally: it appeared that JOSEPH RITNER, of IVashitigton.•county, had ONE HUN DRED. & TWENTY-FOUR VOTES unanitnotts -vote of the convention. •- -Whereupon, JOSEPH RITNE,R, of . - -11Pashing.toir-county, was declared to.he Pennsylvania-for the,year 1838. Mr George F i ord then'moved the fol lowing.resolution: stentuivemr. Resolved, That a committee be appoin ted to prepuce iTigifFis for firillce - r — aTetit - it (4-tiltol-Colvve-Mion,---which,-beittra grey to, the•Cbairman announced thelulloy ing Committee - to carry writhe resolue don: Messrs Fold, of LanCaster, Coo-. per, of Adams; Cox of Somerset, Irvin of Centre; Beach of Luzerne,,Thompson of Philadelphia, Parke .of . Philadelphia, Ewing of Washington, Brodhead 'of ..•- -A motion was then . made that:the-Con 7 .. eention adjourn for Ittilf - a - n - hour - whicli'' - was - agreed-to.. The-time--or adjourn -7-i mcnt having expired, the Convention again came to older. when the foll Owing report was' inadet "4 , ~ • - . Resolved, That a committee of eleven be' appointed to prepare eraliy for the action of. this Convention. •Raolved,_ That- a committee of seven be appOinted: in. prepare_a_n_ .A4dress to the people of .I'ennsfOania;:on. the sub 7 ject of the- next General Election. Bivio/ved,:Thitt a-coMmittee of nine be appoint'eci-ott-the_s' Presiden! That a'comtnittee of eleven beAvointed to not - opiate a State Com,- rnitte:q arid also a committe e: of give to iiiiimint,COMMitteis, of , Correspondence for the 'several coun ties of this Common- weak • . 2 , Peso/yet/. That .a committee of three be appointed for the purpose of mane ging-the financial concerns of the Con - , Which) being' adopted, another tpm'-' porary adjotlfiyment took placeao enable the PreAident.,to appoint the cotumittees ealied,.foE:itt the report. -%Shen-the Con wentio.n again met, the. Chairman ...t repor eil-thefollowing-Gommi tec Opt Resantions. • • • • Ewing,- of Washington, Daniel W. Smyser Of Attains' _ L S &WU:el, V.t• - 61 - 1 1 11:i lad, el p" • ' 9f Philadelphia go.' .. rktinio t,y,ben i rig.; • ; ' w es*; 4 'Of Lane Win Orib . arir, 'Weki.moy:elpticig* W. .Aucletried, , if, S . 01114101; 1 . ,• Wm Ad , :*•* • '.:rayed., 13. Le w la, !of 1146 - n renal* rt. Jame§,Cooper, of Adarnst Cunningham,, of .Mercg7 o , _ iMoPrf'; Pf IV4stiiiigtPni Simon 141ereditb , :of,I.ttnc. ! Isterfi s r .61c_zandtlr - Aillg, , iit Bedf o rd, Y.'S'. NYalter, of IkelaylialV eoid t 111 i ' " 9/ 1- thel i _deideney: l '*4, -4 r OttCdx, ,o 7 , * 4 ; 7 „, tif ''Chntre", ~W rirlYl ?9 ;gril`PPOEirifiol ; i.,-`-: )3 epj ' 11V eat? eic,ritlAllekti*fiyv., J,vtin•C@ld.,We - Jopathati.Ctinen, or tiancgatei:, , • • , ME MI NM On . , Palate ti a»d Publ Jed, 111Nekly, by George 2PhilliPi;a i Carlisle; , 'CumOperland County,' Pa ~, , • , 110 J. L. AN atson Northumberland, , Arthur-Andrws l 'of•chester. - , , • r..nigh t; of :Butler, offerud,th4 fol 4 lotv'ing resolu thin ' Reso/yed,That this s eon.ventiortAppoint a special . e . comniittee to report re§'cilutions; whose object it 'shall bp to - set 'forth the principles which - influence our .delibera- Linos and gitivPrn-ouractiona, which Was laid on the table. . . . . The CQiivention then,aajcioufned.to o'clock. - on Tuesd4yrnortiing., . • • TuEiOA wri, NIG 9t Yhe tonvention,.assembled and pro ceeded to. business ; • - • -Mr. Cooper, from the committee to prepare tin A d tiress.,to • -the peorilel of :Pennsylvania, reported the following;--- -..Cretzsns:—,-In-diseharging the, ditty imposedd-upon us by- -, the Cau l ) r,!ention assembled tOrroininate d candid= ate - for the Offlee...of Governor, it is not. . our purpose to write an eulogiiim anChe distitikuished individual put in . nomina7 tion- for ihat.office•for a, second term -- 1 I . A .brief statement of the condition - of-the 'Commonwealth ,at the time -of hii the. proMinent nicapttrys I ministration'and - their effect, in. promert, shall attempt. . These form-t-he,best en• Is r Omiurn. of -IQovernor_..Riln - er, and his.. Istrest: passport to the conficlenee . of the I. people of . t his. Common wealth.. • - - It a fact well . knoWn to etrery ligent man,, that, when Joseph Bitner - Was _elected .6,ciVeinor,_ this, CoMmonwealth- Avas:ilivolvect in deep ernbarrassmentS ; the People bUrthened with an enormous - State tax - ; the public works unprodut-: tive, - theiew - ProCeeds derived from - then -I . being' consumed by tile officers and a gents :whci•had • their --sopervision. A enniplete sytitem . .Of fraud and specula• Lion which had been encouraged,-at least rJffectirally, shielded, -lby the'. : former .adt. in inistratiorn-prevailerlevery.wbere upon •them.; Such is 'a .. brief"Outline of the eonditionof things wherrGoV.Ritrier was 7iTtitictell °inii~ufficc ;`snit this state rif things was remicred the more desperate, by the fact, that the measures of the-gen . -- eral government were ore kind' calcula tecito cripple theenergies and- shut up the avenues of prosperity which the tual, , administration bf the State government had failed to destloy. The last - session . . of Congresi, before his inauguration, the fatal series. of "e4periments" - upon the priTiatftire . Tarin-rm-rtrzrrir d d--b-&e-ri--fear r : ced, - and several important sources of Pennsylvania prosperitOthereby greatly Unpaired. But e• view of all these . eulties did , not discourage the manly mind in-spired-him--witiv-additional-ardor_and a firmer determination to • surmount . . 'them. • But how .was this be „effected. , We' have Seen• that the State was greatly ern- barrasseti, owing a .debt 4 near ,82.3, - -,1, 000,000, without a cent in the Treasury, and the public works; instead of being al .source of . I:evenue, were' kept up . .at,an annual expense:,..o . many - thousands of, dollars tothe - CotnniOnWealth.---H ow then_l Were- the'eipense_tfleeping v ap.theitiM! 1 tic improvements; the current expenses 1 of the goitel:nment, and:' the interest, of I this immense•debt to lie,clefrayrdi Howl was this' to be • Totaiion - could :not-be_ resorted•to; thisiutil been •puslted to Ili utmost iimit by the late adniiiiis,- tration; the people, b,2sides tlitl taxes for ortiinaiy_ p.urposes, were ,ptlg annually a . ,clirect taXof. ,ii30(),000. „- To have'ye-, sorted to the usual expedient of -it ,loan, would have been:purcliasittg.tempovary, ..relielitt the expenge - of * greater • future' embarrassment. - At this crisis the char jer of -1 1m -- Uttited - r - StateS*43rank.,-:whichlt, [ hait ClCri.ved frorii"tlie.gational Ligisla. ' lure, flail eXpired. - The administra tionnew. at once conceived the,ilesiin of r • lievingiht 'people,at - the expeiise of this. Institution.. A charter was accorilitigly tendered to it by z.theliftite•l,,egislatutt op cobilitiop • th - at 'it, would. pay a certain sum, about Fk4,00 -- ,flOp,io the.,Coriamon-, Wealth, besides akrecing,,io_payAnto the.' Treasery anntially,,for peenly years ihe 'stira of . Zloo,ooo'-to beTakiropriatril 'to 'theSeveral tonnttt:i"tf - .the COindion .wealtlifdi SOitioli)firpoS&s,-,theieby-lt netting the - pebble of whit was iiecesia i'illii-heavyrliuriKenl,..;..'l iietiank• gedep • ' 'led the charier; dnd.'4.. thesaMe law, under 'Which .it ' was incorpOra,ted ..the $ rate , tax was r-repealed,. and, a fund :pro-, vided•to Ray•a,.portiottof the e - 4 St s atebt: about to-,beconie:.clut, to ileflity• which, if this, Measure. liad.otit•heep 411 - opted;:i" - -tvoulilihavt,:bCtil necirgsaiy•to rei - ort ; t9 . additioit I fax.aiiini.. l : • -.-, • . ,ey finer : nextturned 'fii's . 'iqtert:: . iitit't Crthe'pabliC works.,' 111111TOns,liatr :breti spent id tleir:emiStructicit yet they ' .Vieitted ' . ii;; - 'l.4'tkt•ti,' btn were,' on t he: 'con tr - titit; .i, 9fitinual' Source' of •emiease, -tvlitrebY they lied-heCoineialmiii,stimiyer.' liaffruttpopujar;• . TIM Whole,ilyStem, as ctildu9ed - ,undr thelate atimmistration;' ivAiiitne. of favoritism• and ft arid,: and, tile-I IGl'vernt, tlefthwitli, Set...about!to Worm j 440 11 . 1 :1 0 1 , .; • gD)Y• ,cr9*.Al .4: qigatumprs 'that. surep:tel - bt . yopeit,therrt Were disc,h,ark 7 , , gds in .4711',6nrst aqtitaiillf4 s . ifrace - ri, - a rk .• i)leitedrit) iliery:o,-, - „1,.:,(1`4,.r6, 54 4,v i * O•g:C_.o,giti't - i?f - being 'iti l l -- e?.co,elOse:, - :ihe Ito bagi,. : t?_ lad ' it' :re vttme , l rtit - the; ttlittkiett*talth;'aodijiirtOrig'fromil iftioarrioutil. r Of - 'tOlis tellecteiVtifion item ' rbtatietli&-lkst'' , .year-:- . _rc.7l.ar,',,for•ln any ,reasonrunfavOrable,-,We Mayjit,stlyl:clen 7 - 'dude that the; di"yis. nOtZtliatant: when_ tEnctet the pot/Umlaute-a . )i,,is.a•••lll6naar'.• trEsb.wv, m4Lifjecimf,l3; I sa S. MMMII ment, the debt contracted 'in 'their will - b - e' - entKly 7 t:l.tingu'ish - e - d - '; - ari - d it is a fact worthy of e'spec,iattloilce, that daring - the. PaSt,,Year, , the tolis : ott. the - slew York . fincl'Ohiti Canals,',and'otb 7 . er public ifirtprot+ernentsjn,,thcfse;staXes; materially .decreased, while in.Pefinsyl• yania theygrailtiallY increaSed... .restilt. is not to tie ascribed, entirefY, tó the rn.ore,faithful and prudent conduct of . the offieerx.iPpOint - ed to Stiperititerichhe public works.• A different line Cit.policy: was itibiptedliy tlie•present Chief, Magis tr.ate; it was his.object to finish the'main routes before - "Otherkwerq 'commenced but if. instead Of adopting this course,he. had. pursued the policy ; of his:predeceN soi•s,.tin pushing. the SWetp,izi",o , erysdi• - r_ection_without : regard_to the expense or the means of defraying at _tvoulThhare, taken tti,laceioitit contrary, the, tommonwealth, must have been' plunged -. into embarraSsinents,-.±-from which,,nor fatt3t:ewisd'orn could have re •,- -But not the inteAtion- oethe r mince to particularize the measures 'of . the administration of •Got•ernor ltitrier, the-happy-penults-which_they_ba.v_e_:pro., duced,. or the mischiefs hich they Kive Pre.vented,---The-litiiitS allowed to art ad- Aress of.tlii.kind will not permit it; but it is enough reniark,Ahat_like , cincinn flatus, he lio.as. -the - -.Gbief-Magistracy.-of . the -ComutOnl ! . weaith - at 'the moit — dangerous crisis . had, 'occurred in her affairs,„ancl, <like him; -- on-ntore.than one- - occasiiiii. - , by his injlexible - integrity-rand-enerietic-and , statrgenap like conduct, - : he. Saved - the' Commonwealtk frit:lnv the' ,effect of men- stires-which , -must have been. disastrous to the best interests of the'pebple—first, in avoiding the_ consequences of the rne . a• spies of the Generi — il:GOVernitient; - and in replenishing a bankrupt 4 7' re.astiey, 'and incurvetoing the, so - called, Improve inent Bilt,"_passerl at - the.7seSiict . 'oFthe Legislature of 1836-7, which if it had lieen•permilted to . become a law, must ---ha_v_e_vrolten--burthensorne to the-people for generations to'Come. Btit the dition ..of the ..Com mon weal th,raf.Pennsyli• vania compared with that of most. 'Of the otber'States of the Utiion, speaks icons. 'for the wisdom of -Governor Rit• net's administration than any language, however strong. While they tiad.been overwhelmed, in distress, the result of the 'iniquitous measures of the Genet:al:Gov . nliiti -. 4 1 a-",se,Wile:Eirlultiliiii;Critnitialce- d . credit tletroyed,. their metchants bank• rupt, their thechanics without employ ment, 'and in many instances without .hread, and eve);y cla,ss of citizens involv• - e d--i tt--suffe -11 n n syl citize s, shielded b i?teesutivc_foresight and n;isdoin, ha — v'eTscapeci,liat indeqr untouc.hcd, het inju• The competitor of Joseph Ritner in the contest- which has now commenced, besides being an advocate of those meas ures so disastrous in their, results; is -- an adhering subject 'of. that , Institutio.n, whose:, cereMonies are impiouspek- Le iles_of_ the-sacred - rite - s - or - reli gi-orriand w Misc. oaths and obligations are incon• sitent„with morality, and al variance I with the. majesty of the laws. ,The Van,, I Buicn paity have, atJastoendered to the people the proper issa.e . —:Ofasonry or, no '/Ilasonryg '.For Oliva more,;than "'men ty candidates, twenty of whom, were no Nlasons,, they selected pavid,ll. -Porter, a Royal 'Arch Comrpion of the Qrder._ The question is fairly,inade., tlnd - to the people we appeal fora decision. ' . Fellow, citizens,!Joseph Ritner, 'under Ivlictse .auspices' you havil escaped Crorn all il‘e,most ieyrible effect's of t ht. flood of ruin rvhiclp the national in its wick ed n ess nirfeilinitnire' &Oat:upon the.land,• is' agaib *Sewed to; Yfkii - as a ' :canditlatecor 'kite offt4e G .. overnor.'.We reCOrnmenti hini . to - You for' his stern and inciirruptibleintegtity,iSli nteasing and. consistent opposition th, Free •MaSonry.;' his jealousy of, the, honor of the . State, I•noll his resistan ce, to 11)e . .ilictatiim.a . th grneral govkinmetit, and because, .uriaer' . Vep iish - C-rtisP i rht.c: period has becn- r ,Ptlnnlylvattia„ha's gone on towards the fulfilment orui noble a destiny is , the most Ls arl g ine - of hik' iends ever-an tici Pate& for. her. I , ; . MEN - ET?Kg second.readin , 4. was `dispensed with, and t , report I.!t!anii - tiou“y;adoptid. :Vile:Chairman AT tho-;Committoe. on. ,Ewing,.,. of Washing-' ton, .mitde a report as follO,Ww:' . ' petiod when ti Magistrate.o... l ?!v4yka)tia.i . t'q4.oP t,o, be .electe,d — T la approaching. , at.„w birch selco 6,l o ............. g!:eor. are tii•he snlitnitted.to the deeibion o f; the , ped'ple s . than,t?Je.Ordingrily esented sitnibte 'oe.e.a;i6n, and upon the result Of witch "the full and '6111 . * phy's.iettrand; Cal resources of 'Sta.te'"afe li' keyed mainly, to deP'eitdOnil wherea% thepub. lie voice, pleitrly • . and tine(' tt gentry t x'. pretaed 'op nn erou operi4p,6:3;! clear)y, iliti'itti.tes'to Ibis Convention and,lp.,the', country, rhat have he . ett,. n , .the'rattles Af paat-„snee.eaa'and'iihtt r i,ni i ‘ t st, of 1119pe4, t veiit4onl4'l34;o 11;d. hail" , IPhavilliat ori4Letftionr• stint tP' !Iwo: faction; 6 "t'on. ,patriotic :Sittte tpriAleliaPti , f1 . 9111:01e11C.e.. +SU I .'•‘e-Yjnl7l' . 4he.br*l7fiel - d7olthe past -- .and -.p.resenti vicw ,Lich unmingled 'the - SEM cheering contrast.presentedl4r - ,the,pres., ent as eect,ofthe affairs of this,COnimonT .as contrasted' with ',her .situation thro.years since. At:present, they see an . ovetSolving, treasury, state 'taxes, re. - Pealed; flnances_floyrishing,•.the- state works.vapidly,pcogrGssingto completion, and that top, without, adding-in St4e - bitc• thens; affording at the sacrte i ticne an atii -pie reyenue; and Pennsytvatila elevated. to the commanding _station to - which the proud ••appellatiOn of the Keyst'que: state: entitles; whilst :on the other hand 'we :kee at tlie elevation of our preien,t Mag 7 -lactate, an exhausted treasury, dependent on daily loans, a regularly ,increasing State debt, the immense, resources of this great State neglected or ignorantly oveclooked, and it's meticit — ifielessty - drained . airily- in a ruinous system of peculation, favoritisin and unbounded prodigality:. - • . Resolved", That in this wise policy of Guy. -gitner_amithase_s - ollnedted.viith his -administration, and the Wady adhit'eliti to-its principles,"unawed by influence and .unbri,beci by gtiin,", we - recognize . then cause of IltiOgratifying revolytiop, and in the continuance of the same the _guaran'tee'of its perpetration. ' • Resplved, That we believe by the steady adherence to Pennsylvania policy anti measures; ay:tie attribute inotthezeneral_wreck_ot national. prosperi, fy and honor, brougiit abont Aiwp_olley_otthe_•general 'government, un der- the . ••ausPices ofNartin --Van .13tiren those in, whose footsteps he , • 1 ; r: 1 -Rent/tied; That the steady • o.pp'osition • . With Milks] every KOject to aild to the State:sleiii' and increase the public -hurthens, ► ,form:a prom - nent - frittsr su s .adminis-. - r -- --- g - (kr r . \ tration, and en titles jUirito • the thanks of his country as' a public benefactor. ; • , Pr:volved. nixt.--th,i ... Cqpiention woul d deem it injuitidt upon this. occasion to §. yeyl.o.9lllet that whilst Perinytvanias„ - pa de - Ft te7'lll -- -e - sent 7- i - Thitrattem ".±.1.. s_been steadily advancing in IsOr :career o s provement, meeting every ,warst . .by..• her own unborrowed resources - ,- and making I abundant P - r — oiitiitiiiiiiilir," - ellitcationi not only withow increasing.the „burthens or the - pro : pig,: but ctctually .at the, saute tintc dimiitishingthem,•the value and p . m: ductivenesSbf herpublic. works have gone, on steadily augmenting until she has out. stripped even the empire state,"as eviden ced by the fact that the revenue• derived. from' her. ituuretumentsirtilm_first Itspn) tban_that_olliter great rival ancLcorneti-_ tor. ." lhaolved, That in submitting-the nom• ination . of our present Executive Josanl RiTriVc., to the . suffrage& of -the people -of-this.grent—Commontv_ealthinr re• tion, this Convention is conscious zthatit only respotfclto the demands 11)11.- g ent wishes.uf a inajority of her ,voters,, who will triumphantly confirm our choice at ,the polls in OCtober next..: . . • -Revived, -I'ha,t the,r/Üblie acts Of Josift; Ritner throughOut-liis whole career, , have been marked. with .an uadeyiating regart) for the u strakion ,of Democrat ic p_r_inOples. - and a stern devotion to those, only, w the gilfitre. and „happiness. of -the, whole people. and the perpetuation oria'ur free Republican Institutions,,. Resolved, That in refusing his sanction, to Mete Ina m nioth - 1m p rovernen t Bili ,p,f tut- laat sessiOtt of the Legislature, the F4xecp- live acted•with:prud ‘ ent 'forecast intl. .en; lightened' patriotism, The soundness-of his reasons for-that act, -haa-been—fully confirmed by ~stibsequent.events. • ~, - Resolved. That,the• pecuniary distress under .w hich the. people of the conntry•are oppressed; and • whicKis...paializing., the • industry and .enterprise of the ,country, had its origin in the destructive policy•uf and Chat rto Pernianent, restoratio,kpl,prnsperity- can he 'emiected until that abanditn. •eti,' or the - GOiternment 'tefofrned by the peole.•''' ; • • • • • Resolved, Thai — .the- Shb-Treastiry•.biff I now pendirkbefore Congress is :a- Meas. Sutefranglii Withciangers..to - the •Prosper.. ily'Ltinfliberty- j a-tile-coutitrylaaneasure_ 'unsuited colhe genius, ancl'utt worthy the sanction.of a free ifeoplr:. a measure. which must give, the..Etectitive. tlie--,Whole.••con 2 ,troui„of the reyi..ctu of . the , cciuntry,• end 7)11G re a se—t he2E*c4iicit;v—pathetatito-a!), unlimited • .. • , Resolved, That •the.siatid which •Pertri aylvimia ,has taken against the Sub-Iyear .surysystem,, is . .wot thy of . .er high char..: acter ! iinAl• destiny, and ' shows that sho,wski hnows her int t .t . • • 'k , , own; eS t them, dares tri : protect the* ;- • • - liffbleTed, 7 ,Tlitit - i:Wlif - ti' -- 31 1 v • , g position which Gavein*cir 11 ‘ itne'r hai as s , • f • • ' 'h against ,oreign ' dictati' on, s 1011, as S h to A riierfc.ari ' free in erc thzt P • is nOt•; Ca4tlo 4 4l)tit tl Ph! is 'hex :golierning Motto'. Mcso/uedatsi this ConVention re'corn, irieni).4cif.Jhu,_...peruociatic', Anqinas;riic patty Throughout• tlueanite, to" ptisevir,e ateadily in "1,1,rut4 orkoni zed. - oppositi2Wict ,Vrge„hlasnory, antall w,l!hout suffe,t,ing themselves tu,bu ihC•refroiin' by, any.. of the .quplqrqu, fAse if.ases made 'up for that porpoat those stii(miit:e itiexcud sable Uri) rink' Ptei'enan or Ili, i. t anrtc..sFd obligitia'os;` :'su ff er ; to be madd'iliitistrliiviio(s 'plishnVenr of *hat iC‘tiols .itsnickwun.l r - That. i hnu r.- , l4,::sii , i4.ss nd -- with t tic-:pic,pts , St-ilrfs ri urnOls befclic them, it - U °Ur& he buleidtir - .. : .. • .pplicy,., in the Anti . Masonie .ptrity .- to he' and - crilisideration - OFtbe-ettmei-and:Aber.______ -- - __. 'ejilierled-' - or'driveif,into :an abandonment ..were.unaniniously.adopted. - • ' • .- • ~ ,'!!''' . ' af.theii. prineiplea',._and- that .this ,Con Veil- I • The committee •to nominate it ?stite . thin dO'cnnOilently7loplt to the geod'sense. Ciommittee,.throngh their chairm4n,..tret.: and intelligence',of their - constituents to- parted. the names.Of.thefiallpwing,per.acinx baffle alt such attempts., :. ;-: ,- - ;,: „! to compose said .committeelorixi .. • ~L, Reo/0.//,• , That, . the „whole' cistern - or 1 . :„!viesari,f.,liemas;H Sigrcivires, - 1 11iiiirni4o . Freemasonry, apart from its. dangerou4 - ; Eider, Theopolis:Feitn. Antos ,Ellma/4r4 [character and. tendency,ris oppoaed.to-,the*, Francis Jarneii, . Writ .W 7.• Irwin,:Williiß •enligittenm,ent of, the age in whice . tv,c,: i:.Ay res. Har - MarbertiiY, , Sembelliislrr live, and o u ght ; to . be,,volunti - iilly abail.7. er,, Willaim Smith , lsl'er,MiddleawariN dotted by those who appreciate and respect --W iliiarri M7Clure . , George . . Moll•,• 1244 the•sPiy - tt, of the times. :• • t . ' .. Merkel; And,' illairwell.KinCaid., - ; 1 ' - • ', ..,Whicli having ber'n,read; and the Con.: '•ACcecn_erLand.adiiiiited.• , • t yen - tit:ln, having proceeded: to the'7-trecond i • reading' and conaiderationof•the sa me, the re'portNas.unanimonsly adopted... ' I —Nle:•:ll , lq..leehan offereil f the following resolution:. ' . ,'- - _ • ~ - Resolved,' That this Convention - would - 7 `,reCoriurnend to the Democratic-Anti-Ala sonic young-men of, Pennsylvania the pro . .. s prietrof hOlding two ConventitinsvOne.p., Reactiti6-on-ilie4th-inne , the,_o_ther et Pittsburg, on the fir stNonday of SepteA. ber next,Tto further and early out the great-princiTiles'of.ourjree instittnirins._,H .„ Yhe.resolutOn_yas amended byluser. tinethe word •Stato - hefore Convention - 5 - and - theril he -rei - olu• ion,-. as : amended-, vita_ adopted. , . ' •.. , . .. .... - ~. ~. -1-The-following re!tolotion_was offered he ,en.. Thomas S. Ctinnini.c.ham of Meteor: ---- - - igesoltietk44tat-a--Coni 4iittee;be-:apPoilitA ted.to,inforrii Joaeph - Ritnee of hii nnoi-. 'nation by this' Convention, as the : cat ate ol'the Democratic A - ntimaaotlic party 1 for GoVernor at ilie next. decti in-whic h.- being arlopted, it WdS ordered :that tlit ' committee consist of - three. - .T • . 1 --- riii - it t - thair,appoi,. - red Nteasrs. T S Cult; ningham, C;illittgharrioand--13ette,=to_corn pose said c ommittee: ~ :; ; -- , .1111.,, Co x;. from, the .conimittee,on the Ikesidenclonacte,the following report: ..- esolzief4.l.• brat liii.hiii - F.:lficigafe& ciitid •ficrence ,in . .t . h_e-patriotiril s, stere,integri . y, And de v.#tion :to, tie best li - o,eresia 'ofliii punk- wliitli - haa; - al - Ways. beeninanifea- tetl by. Gen. Williatitit„.lll`rri , i.in, of, 0.- Ho, in, the .tlisnliarge7a- - the. rat-lona:civil -ancl--milit,ar_y_l4Lea with 'which - he has 1 .T.. been honored from - ,litne,td.ttme. • . . . Resolv6(l, That .we rerogtoze• in •him . a soldier whose acts have all_ terfch:d. , and whose. aim has ttlw..tys beef) to advance the hohbr.and glory of hissountly, whew ever in .its service, , and when rt,) longer required in the field to avenge his Coun try's wrongs and diend its_ liberties, re with a ,full deterrninatton that, should his §tiv . ice,s - aptri - be'tecitilettdilre would again -0154 - the call. . ; • ; . , Relayed, That it is the firm opinion of this Convention. that the selection of Gen. tlartisou;74s ,the .candidate for Presidericy, . - - d s id. ard i - frftimpliatirsuc.cess:o sauncrp - 15 correc.t . ptinciple,. and the .snpreolar y of the, laws:.that.,with him fur buy candtclate.. we Oioulct not' fear al! the r ffortsof the 4eiitrpetives.. ,:The Convention then - proceetra ni.ke up the:Res - olntioni repot to by the'ecOn inittee on s econd renal') - - -w,henthe.sa,nle were considered and unanimously aclopt- My Cunningham, of the Comtnittee-tn - apprize - Govi -- -Rivne-r:of-his-nomination,. ynadc•the following repot t: ! ; • The .committee appointed to 'inform 13evernor'illifnef heat he was initnindied by Ihis - Copv.ention : their ,cunditlate for Governor at ybe -- net-election. • . • Report, 'That Alley had the honor of, performing that pleasing duty: and that Arlr",,,•Rktner. - itifornirci theni that cherr ftilly sacceptecl .norninaiion, aiiil felt gratefur,Tof..thel.: continued . ' confidence .evinced in .him by his fake. citizoils•gf 'this (esPectable Convention ;•a . nd that, if elected, all,l)e ; .cp.ll,ld promise wasobat hG _w_oulikpieitbrm the duties of the office of; Governor with, lionetity.;fiAt•l4 l and to.j the peat. of the abilities' haS plea• sed,a . kind Pi'ovidenceto tieslowon.bitit —Th_e ,(_littir :announced .the_ following cOnstritittee,to?,:nornioate:a State tee: Messrs. Fotd, Faerelly;l: Pfle,lati; Mitt'Pby,- Cae,•and , • , journmi4g-i -• • : 4esday,'4,lfter,ePort. 4,ciocle;• - • Coz offemciliteftilloWing?'rc tiont „ of„ibi Gonvention.pledge.t . thenasely;t.s to v tide air WY";irid liondrii:bie • meiins Secatie .. the re 4eieetiott of InsePh - flittler Gub'• ertiatorial (:tiair';at'.oe :ensuing general Oeelloo; 3. 1 V Welt. was, -on Motion,, ftnan-' imously adoptyd.. - ' ; Mr..Cokolso ialrercc . the following res.' tonls .ReBo/1.7,ec1, 1141: 114‘, Convention" dews With,* ..01iicrkt!nb-.slt-styuciv,s,cloorn,imacl-, 1/9cated . u,p3ik by ren.„lo‘c? attacking, 1e Oh;ed; rjghts,, 1 - • . TT. „ i T • h'at if •tiie hY:tliiii-jfifit'y'ci;'•l6.ti,e, ' ffiri c Af'opti to its i'Zgli,inl'ate ' . •*ictrnt,,* t -or in ono. instikko;:,tl4liCe;c7ea4tis: . to ti?Amily t ioa• for: tha')forrne el t - vrlynlica • 4iiiidort• :t4e. en,tite.claim:fof Ifni' Corn raltlr the • ,• • . :Repolvell „That : . t CoOvetitioo, My; o, tto .hy 14U1 f v4it,l t, s ';° 4 , to the ciapgiro9,:iil() de .titsiitijty of , 'tite 'tit t)rtiers of .(tithrttnettei•ittititlt't!ti tite , iiesiructive• ptot}k. :• to.,ta ion - then .1/I.ucelclt,-d'to IMIII s'VE SERIES, - relfk: - 40, 'VI Set pre MEI -M r Ford .offered the tollOsrtng Viso u. • lions: -- • •• - . I?csolved, That-we-consider the Instit4: • tton..of speculative Precmps,oyeryat,it.ari. an ce 'with !he Juncla Mental kincipjeq_ of • our reptiblican governMerit,subyereime4..• the equal rights of its citizens. and . • !sled frcirn ,the. very nature. of, its organf.... nation to -.'afrogate :its members, tbat power Which - it:oomq! beloligi to, 04.4 is:inhere:hrin the peopld.:: • ..Resdpetl, .That inasmuch as masOhlik lids upon more occasions thate.One,ethovM, itselltoopotierfuf - tor the strong.arns civil.. law:-... • more' t).arOculßFly,.i.4l., attempts ' vihic,h have, beq,4. ' made to, bring to -con digirf pSlirshtueritt the busy : actorsin ; the .bloOtly•tragi4yi.- tliic.ll, was renacredifyon - the-shnrp - of:140 ---- I (.:STEgas,a'it've.Litlik.w of Captain William orplians—wa , are siimtihited - • e friends Of, :the - COnittitteion;:the laws and good order, to continue an un . extrrmihating.isr,uhtil there . 1-shall-no r -longer-remiin,ingiyesrige7otthis lniqtitous institution to tursoour -• th.: Pe(Mit. •$ • ,;.• - --- Resulved,_That regard ,masonry as 41 - rolit ical.,engiiie,,.l)y. means of whiCh - thon - btirspperating,:t hrough ed - gt:d oaths which bind. them together, 'to secure :tcr.the:mgelvers - honor, office,. arid . the- emolOrrnerits.;ariaing_ _the rerripait;:ty, -• . • ./te4oeued, - That it •itionly . ,-6Ylthe.itlin-' • iviiihment of its members that peaee c andsoCial order can be restoredin the crlite here rl,nu Masonry exists, end public mind ho brought once moreintO' a lhealthy,tiatidti, • _ Resolved, that we pledge ouritelve&to use our be'st.enileavours to effect the, pros. . koiv. ,,, r • ."- ..!•• .Li lawful means, dettrOloed to yield only when su pet for•force" shall trarnp,le..ni in the ;lust— . and - public„ opinion, will no longer :sustain us....in ttiplttrlffing.the ,sup premacy of theiasirs- 7 ip_maintakning the freedom of 'th€'prtss„:the right!; of free discussion, and the equal rights of the . , - [ --- dreTacTorid-rf-a rig -atid-tonside ti o n,Lo f said Resolutions, they wereiever: ally adoivedusion)rtiously. - . :;11. " Irvin riffered' the -follnwihg: - .• Ilooteed, 'fitat the practice of duelling is one which ought to be clisBountenanced • in all civilized countries,, as at oricpbarst* • harouir and subversive of morality and Resnlved. That this-Convention r 4171.1 mend it to Congress, to pass sue._ _ Las. will, effectually_ bloody and wicked . practice In the Dis:riet !if Coluiiibia, ti,' niakii4 it perm!, either c hall en ge my perzon, t. o challcn r. .be. the be . arcr ol: citi any dittlying'__any_such person iir ipersoni s' trum.hi,lyJing any office of honor 'or' profit.. • • j?csoive,l, :that the ,e6'etarietti of this Co;. venrion be.a'cominittee - ,19 - oVisrnit copy of. . these *soln,tions tp eacti..pk,onr" en..,tors, earl. albo to each of the' mgmw be(spf the House. pf ,Itepresenttives in 1. Pr. Minion nfrek•sil-tlie tolioyen l e, was unak)inio9?ljr'ridalited: That die thinks or this Con- ven:ionlie terictered - to - Ner IVliddleswatthi President, And to the ieireraL:Vice-Presi 'dcbtriand Seeisetarigot this t'Acnltention, 'fur the able nieniier Which they hive conducted its proceedings. ' ..On !notion 'Resolved. That th,o ifian)ts ,ventionlle,tevicietcsltol4e,ponimissioners; . P;T I fiF the,natta) motion !Or signing ptiltling firoi•Vedings,, the ' Copr4tiiion then action' tied line die. 7 • „„ ilseilereer Co. RA;f.kunOctr:Vi of 1 b:' 2 q= . „NOVEL,CASE.‘ • • Consitlet able exciterriOpti ,vre•thruletl . =. ;alai :C(1, Mie s otithwelit.ttat < t of t his eounty,• , ca,ase4 by sc4ne,7 recent- 1 11 e. ••viloliment 111 Abe 9t - tWt ; Sit tzi'll'd• 7e 9?") l ;Pficlr, 3 eles en' ,ter i ,i9toa discussion of" themerita t of; th 6 ,•C:4Sys ht!!,picie!y, to , state onerfir 4 iiito IF' : 18 th.e :testirnsiwey taken be'fore hOnor,'AuAi,eliatwri. 'From that , onte . part id the (.curdy. alluded to) -ratitroed 471)10,0i' tA iiet: - .earOardl-klalit . fall, -hringlßg ith binrit yogpg"OudOtiippa• rentlyabotie 9.13 years orage;i l wll39,calpin, tJedf w w4blA ,at tell 4 M* l :Pf' known to theusOverAllsr4c , HNS. e ,v79ted:iWthe - n , idscfpic 4tizq o i "49ii.f;irffu4eta was- oaflast tti`cif'these Was •t'o' a' iititlik r + war , 'rt'est afikr 4 tli / iilliten.t i4.4•Filk...kti.ff e lti ere in to. , :s.t he s'xi &Ale - t;oulicr4vit, in the mini of 2509 -each, to aivar. OW natch court , IM US !. ! ~ ~ r r _,ttH::i,c:;! 7 =I LLD ES
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